A Scary Milestone for the Trump Administration : Defying a Court Order

 One of the major things I was afraid of happened today, Donald Trump defied his first court order. If our Executive Branch remains above the Judiciary, our country becomes a dictatorship.

Annie's Room

 After heading up to Annie's room to get her dirty dishes, I thought it would be a good time to document my beautiful artist and how her room looks. At the foot of her bed you can see the many pottery glasses that she has purchased with her own money to make her beautiful pieces of art. You can see her love for succulents with her plant shelves as well as all of the pottery clay smudges on her desk chair.  Her love of cats is evidenced by her cat tree in the corner. This is Annie's safe space.

Annie Gets Nose Studs

 Look at my beautiful Annie and the result of a decision she had been prepared to make for quite a while! She had been wanting this for a gift for almost a year. I think she had been considering it for even longer than that. She went back-and-forth between getting 2 nose studs or getting a septum piercing. And although she would have issues with infection & keloid (just like her mom), she made a beautiful choice.

 This experience also comes with an interesting story. Annie felt strongly that she wanted to get her piercing at Diamond Theives in Asheville.  And I feel honored that I was able to accompany her instead of her asking her friends. She was a little bit nervous and needed some encouragement, but she was definitely Sure of what she wanted to get. 

The first thing that happened was there was a huge rainbow outside the studio when we got there! It was so amazing that I called to everyone in the studio who I didn't know so that they could experience it as well. It was a double rainbow with each rainbow having 2 sets of the colors! I wish I had gotten a picture, but it would not have done it Justice.

What I did not expect was Annie's reaction to the first piercing. She was calm enough, but she actually blacked out! She just suddenly got very quiet and limp. The technician and I just slowly laid her down on the table her arms flung out to the sides and I put them back near her torso. Annie's eyes never closed. But she couldn't remember what had happened. I am surprised how calm I remained through the whole thing, but the reason why I was calm is because I didn't realize what Actually happened. Because her eyes were open, I thought she might just be resting. Anyway, it wasn't long and Annie was sitting up again and soon we were out the door with her 2 new beautiful studs.

Ash Wednesday 2024

Annie's New Google Profile Picture

Annie & British Literature

 Being a retired english teacher, I was waiting for 1 of my children to need help with British poetry. It finally happened today when Annie asked for help with her romantic poetry assignment in British literature! I got so excited to read some of Shelley's poems and show her the picture of Percy Bysshe Shelley that all of my students used to laugh at me for swooning over. Shelley with such a gorgeous man and wrote such romantic poetry! And I saw the smile Annie gave me that I've seen so many times from my students, they would smile and shake their heads not believing that this woman was so excited about romantic poetry. AN EXCITING DREAM COME TRUE FOR THIS MAMMA!

Emily & My Guitar

 After the wedding, what Emily the flower girl really wanted to do was play my guitar. I was absolutely amazed that this child could strum and handle a simple cord the first time she sat down with the instrument. If she is given a guitar, Emily will be an expert player!